S cience at the Edge

Science at the Edge
Traditionally distinct scientific disciplines are merging to create new
opportunities. Share the excitement and challenge through seminars and
discussions with nationally recognized pioneers in science at the edge.
Fall Semester 2012
Seminars are on Fridays at 11:30 a.m., with refreshments served at 11:15 a.m.
1400 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building (unless noted otherwise)
September 7 - Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar
Yukiko Yamashita, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan
Asymmetric Stem Cell Division in Drosophila
September 14 - Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar
Paul Corkum, JASLAB, University of Ottawa and National Research Council of Canada
Catching Electrons with Light
September 21 - Quantitative Biology/Gene Expression in Development and Disease Seminar
Richard Scheuermann, J. Craig Venter Institute, San Diego, California
Comparative Genomics Analysis to Determine the Origin of Pandemic Influenza Viruses
September 28 - Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar
David Luzzi, Northeastern University
Nanotechnology: From Research Lab to Commercialization
October 5 - Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar
Stephen Hsu, Department of Physics, Michigan State University
Genetic Architecture of Intelligence
October 12 - Quantitative Biology/Gene Expression in Development & Disease Seminar
Heather Allen, Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University
Ion, Lipids, and Water Organization at Air-Aqueous Interfaces: From Atmospheric Chemistry of Aerosols to Biophysics of Lung Surfactant
October 19 - Quantitative Biology/Gene Expression in Development & Disease Seminar
Jacob Schaefer, Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis
Carbon Partitioning in Soybean Leaves by combined 11CO2 and 13CO2 Labeling
October 26 - Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar
Paul Schumacker, Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Cell & Molecular Biology, Northwestern University
Mitochondrial Oxidant Stress/Signaling: Detection, Modification and Consequences in Health and Disease
November 2 - Quantitative Biology/Gene Expression in Development & Disease Seminar
Chris Lee, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Los Angeles
Turning the Scientific Method into Math: Information Metrics for Experiment Proposal and Optimization
November 9 – Engineering Seminar
Jonathan Dordick, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
High-Throughput 3D Cell Culture for Drug Discovery and HumanToxicology
November 16 - Quantitative Biology/Gene Expression in Development & Disease Seminar
David Case, BioMaPS Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University
Bridging the Divide: All Atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Biomolecular Crystals
November 30 - Quantitative Biology/Gene Expression in Development & Disease Seminar
Gerry Wright, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University
Resisting Resistance. Overcoming Antibiotic Resistance with Small Molecules
December 7 - Interdisciplinary Physics Seminar
Kenneth Suslick, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Inside a Collapsing Bubble: Sonochemistry and Sonoluminescence
Organizers
Ruby Ghosh ([email protected]), Interdisciplinary Physics
Christina Chan ([email protected]),
Tim Whitehead ([email protected]) & Richard Lunt ([email protected]), Engineering
David Arnosti ([email protected]) & C. Titus Brown ([email protected]),
Quantitative Biology/Gene Expression in Development & Disease